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This update provides more current definitions to the Junk Email Filter in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003. These definitions evaluate whether an unread email message should be treated as a junk email message. This update was released on January 10, 2012.

Installation details

How to obtain and install the update

The following
file is available for download from the Microsoft Download
Center:

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Download the update package now.

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download Microsoft support files, visit the following Microsoft website:

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current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file
was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent
any unauthorized changes to the file.

How to determine whether the update is installed

This update contains files that have the versions that are listed
in the following table.

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File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Outlfltr.dat

1.4.10729.226

3,609,408

29-Nov-11

7:03

Outlfltr.dll

1.4.3504.0

307,440

4-Nov-05

4:36

To determine the version of the files that are installed on the computer, follow these steps, depending on the operating system that you are running.

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Windows 7

Click Start, and then click Computer.

In the Search Computer box, typeOutlfltr.dat, and then press ENTER.

Right-click Outlfltr.dat, and then click Properties.

On the General tab, note the properties of the Outlfltr.dat file that is installed on the computer.

Windows Vista

Click Start

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, and then
click Search.

Click Advanced Search.

In the Location box, click Local
Hard Drives.

In the Name box, type
Outlfltr.dat, and then click
Search.

In the list of files, right-click
Outlfltr.dat, and then click
Properties.

On the General tab, note the properties of
the Outlfltr.dat file that is installed on the computer.

Windows XP

Start Search Companion. To do this, click
Start, and then click Search.

In the Search Results window, click All files and
folders in the Search Companion pane.

In the All or part of the file name box,
type Outlfltr.dat, and then click
Search.

In the list of files, right-click
Outlfltr.dat, and then click
Properties.

On the General tab and on the
Version tab, note the properties of the Outlfltr.dat file that is installed on the computer.

How to uninstall this update

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Click Start, and then click Run.

Type Appwiz.cpl, and then click OK.

Use one of the following procedures, depending on the operating system that you are running:

Windows 7 and Windows Vista

Click View installed updates.

In the list of updates, click update 2597098, and then click Uninstall.

Windows XP

Click to select the Show updates check box.

In the list of updates, click update 2597098, and then click Remove.

Information for administrators about .msp files

This update consists of a full-file Microsoft Windows Installer file (.msp file). The .msp file is packaged in a self-extracting executable file. The following .msp file is distributed in this update:

Outlfltr.msp

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Information for administrators about how to reinstall specific components

If you update your administrative installation point, and then you
recache and reinstall Office Outlook 2003 on client computers, you can run a
command-line command that includes the REINSTALL=[ list of features ] property. This property specifies whether you want to reinstall
specific components of Office Outlook 2003 from the administrative
image.

For this update, the REINSTALL=[ list of features ] property has the following value:

OUTLOOKFiles

Or, you can substitute the REINSTALL=ALL parameter to reinstall all Microsoft Office components on the
client computer.

For information about how to distribute product updates for the 2003 Microsoft Office system, visit the following Microsoft website:

For more information about the junk email message filtering policy for Outlook and Microsoft Exchange Server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

954199
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954199/
)
Description of the policy for how email is filtered by the junk email filters in Outlook or in Exchange Server

The Office System TechCenter contains the latest
administrative updates and strategic deployment resources for all versions of
Office. For more information about the Office System TechCenter, visit the
following Microsoft website: